"But," asked Vaccha persistently, "when one who has this emancipation of mind (freed from self) dies, where does he go, where is he reborn?
The Buddha replied:
"The word 'reborn' does not fit the case."
"Then he is not reborn?"
"To...
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The litmus test is if there is any suffering in you don't have the truth...

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Reply from leoj99

Apr.28.2013
01:50AM EDT

How far your suffering is that is how far you are with truth..

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Reply from cinchona

Apr.28.2013
07:27AM EDT

"the way you hold the life within you"very good.

the light shines on allthats what i meant by God is giving the rest is up to you,the sun comes up and we are given this day, make of it what you will.truth is in the eye of the observer, then all observations form another greater truth. thats were we should be "observing the truth that is being" not our own perception of the truth, "it dosen't discriminate" it is like a mirror

I particularly like the last line "Essentially you want to move from exclusiveness to inclusiveness."

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Reply from leoj99

Apr.28.2013
09:40PM EDT

Yeah observing the truth as being. Not your perception is the truth...

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Reply from leoj99

Apr.29.2013
12:33AM EDT

That means not what you are thinking is the truth..lol

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Reply from leoj99

Apr.29.2013
12:35AM EDT

Why do most people think that what they are thinking is the truth...lol.. And then they fight to impose their own thoughts about the truth...lol